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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Banco do Brasil presents the KIA Open
April 21 - 26, 2009

(20) Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland

Patrick Heuscher
Switzerland

Photo: Adrian Knecht

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 22, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kehrsiten

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

173

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$624,834.39

Sascha Heyer
Switzerland

Photo: Adrian Knecht

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1972 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

104 kg (229 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

183

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$534,068.41

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	13	2	3	1	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	US$103,760.89
FIVB	36	0	1	1	0	4	2	14	1	11	2	US$258,050.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	50	3	4	2	1	9	2	15	1	11	2	US$363,810.89

Previous Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	9/19-21/2008	Russian Masters Final	4	3rd	960	€ 6,400.00
CEV	9/11-14/2008	English Masters	4	2nd	540	€ 7,500.00
FIVB	8/9-22/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	11	17th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	9	9th	320	US$8,000.00
CEV	7/11-13/2008	European Championship	6	5th	480	€ 5,500.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	17	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	22, Q2	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	21	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	7	25th	60	US$1,800.00
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	2	4th	420	€ 3,800.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	16	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	14	9th	240	US$5,500.00

Brasilia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/23/2009	Winner 1	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (13)	Lost 31-29, 22-24, 12-15	1:15
Thu, 4/23/2009	Contender 1	Jackson Henriquez / Farid Mussa, Venezuela (29, Q7)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:53
Fri, 4/24/2009	Contender 2	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (19)	Won 21-16, 13-21, 15-13	0:56
Fri, 4/24/2009	Contender 3	Pedro Cunha / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (5)	Lost 18-21, 20-22	0:43

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	7	0	5	0	0	$132,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	1	4	2	0	$107,150.00
Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,750.00
Total	41	1	1	1	0	7	2	15	1	11	2	0	$275,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Patrick Heuscher												Sascha Heyer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	$25,125.00	World Championships	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	$38,875.00
47	1	2	3	0	10	16	12	2	1	$238,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	48	0	2	1	1	6	18	12	6	2	$193,725.00
72	2	3	4	3	13	22	12	4	9	$230,880.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	87	0	2	3	0	10	21	21	13	17	$173,027.50
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00	Challenger	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,100.00
10	5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$9,425.00	Satellite	8	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	$5,465.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	Goodwill Games
13	0	1	2	1	6	3	0	0	0	$36,987.50	Confederation Championship	12	1	2	1	0	5	2	1	0	0	$44,125.00
154	9	8	11	4	32	45	29	6	10	$544,167.50	Total	167	3	8	9	1	21	47	39	19	20	$457,317.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2007	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$105,400.00	37	16	69.8 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2007	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,050.00	9	3	75.0 %
2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	1	0	$44,400.00	16	20	44.4 %
2008	CEV	5	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$26,000.00	17	9	65.4 %
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	1	1	0	2	0	10	1	4	1	0	$154,050.00	55	38	59.1 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
Total	CEV	7	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$40,050.00	26	12	68.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Patrick Heuscher													Sascha Heyer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1996	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$2,500.00
											1996	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1997	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$1,850.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$850.00	1998	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1998	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$625.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1999	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	1999	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,140.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$281.25	1999	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	$4,000.00	2000	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	2000	FIVB C&S	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,050.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,275.00	2000	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,412.50
11	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	0	$30,375.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$12,625.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,325.00	2001	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00
10	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$21,805.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	$22,152.50
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2002	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,187.50	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
9	0	0	2	0	3	3	1	0	0	$43,500.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	$40,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2003	CEV	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,750.00
11	1	3	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$75,750.00	2004	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	3	6	2	0	0	$51,300.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2004	CEV	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00
11	1	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	0	$64,875.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	6	0	1	0	$54,225.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	2005	FIVB C&S
3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,500.00	2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$2,600.00
8	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	$45,175.00	2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	0	$26,300.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$8,900.00	2006	CEV
10	0	1	1	0	2	5	1	0	0	$52,700.00	2007	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	2	5	1	0	0	$52,700.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,025.00	2007	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,025.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	0	$22,200.00	2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	0	$22,200.00
5	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00	2008	CEV	5	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,125.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,125.00
129	10	10	12	4	27	38	16	2	10	$434,523.75	Total	Total	138	5	9	9	3	16	40	23	13	20	$361,230.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	59	72.0%	10	12.2%	13	15.9%	69-13	84.1%	17	22.7%	14	18.7%	44	58.7%	17-58	22.7%	59-44	57.3%	27-27	50.0%	2	1	88-72	55.0%
2008-2009	31	73.8%	5	11.9%	6	14.3%	36-6	85.7%	4	11.1%	7	19.4%	25	69.4%	4-32	11.1%	31-25	55.4%	9-13	40.9%	2	0	42-38	52.5%
Against the Field	13	54.2%	4	16.7%	7	29.2%	17-7	70.8%	7	20.6%	7	20.6%	20	58.8%	7-27	20.6%	26-40	39.4%	22-28	44.0%	0	0	24-34	41.4%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	27	18	0	0	11	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	34
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	16	1	1	1	0	0	1	41	33
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8
Total	0	0	1	0	38	22	0	1	35	38	2	1	1	0	1	1	105	80

Head to Head Results
Heuscher/Heyer trail the series against the field 21-25 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-4
8/11/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool B	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Heuscher/Heyer	11	21-15, 21-10	0:41
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Heuscher/Heyer	17	21-18, 21-18	0:57
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Heuscher/Heyer	16	21-14, 21-15	0:43
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Heuscher/Heyer	12	21-13, 22-20	0:43
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 2-5
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	Heuscher/Heyer	4	21-13, 21-18	0:41
7/26/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	Heuscher/Heyer	9	21-19, 21-13	0:47
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Heuscher/Heyer	6	25-23, 14-21, 15-13	0:52
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	Heuscher/Heyer	21	22-20, 16-21, 15-9	1:03
4/18/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	10	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	21-17, 23-21	0:40
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Heuscher/Heyer	14	21-11, 21-13	0:30
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	19-21, 29-27, 17-15	1:09
Lead the series against # 3 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-0
6/9/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 6	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Rego/Santos	1	21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:55
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Heyer	8	Rego/Santos	1	13-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:59
Trail the series against # 5 Cunha/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Cunha/Solberg	5	Heuscher/Heyer	20	21-18, 22-20	0:43
Series tied with # 6 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 3-3
9/20/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Bronze Medal	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	19-21, 25-23, 15-10	0:57
9/19/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool A	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	16-21, 21-17, 18-16	0:56
6/21/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	14	Heuscher/Heyer	22, Q2	21-14, 26-24	0:47
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Heuscher/Heyer	11	21-19, 14-21, 15-10	0:56
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	7	Heuscher/Heyer	4	21-9, 19-21, 15-12	0:52
5/5/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Bronze Medal	Heuscher/Heyer	8	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	17	21-19, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 7 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	26, Q4	Heuscher/Heyer	7	21-16, 20-22, 15-10	1:04
Trail the series against # 8 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-4
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Araujo/Magalhaes	12	Heuscher/Heyer	21	21-16, 15-21, 15-10	0:54
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	14	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	21-18, 21-23, 15-6	1:01
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Heuscher/Heyer	5	21-19, 21-16	0:47
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Araujo/Magalhaes	13	Heuscher/Heyer	4	21-18, 26-24	1:00
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Heuscher/Heyer	8	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:01
Trail the series against # 13 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	Heuscher/Heyer	20	29-31, 24-22, 15-12	1:15
Lead the series against # 14 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 2-1
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	2	Laciga/Schnider	7	18-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:59
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Laciga/Schnider	15	Heuscher/Heyer	14	21-19, 21-17	0:44
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Laciga/Schnider	16	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 15 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	9	21-11, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 16 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
8/25/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	9	Heuscher/Heyer	14	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Series tied with # 17 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Kais/Vesik	13	21-18, 21-15	0:38
6/10/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Gold Medal	Kais/Vesik	16	Heuscher/Heyer	7	21-19, 17-21, 17-15	1:04
Lead the series against # 19 Gosch/Horst, Austria 5-1
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	20	Gosch/Horst	19	21-16, 13-21, 15-13	0:56
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Gosch/Horst	24	Heuscher/Heyer	11	21-11, 21-19	0:39
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 4	Heuscher/Heyer	2	Gosch/Horst	4	21-18, 21-19	0:47
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	14	Gosch/Horst	19	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:04
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Gosch/Horst	11	18-21, 21-13, 17-15	1:04
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool T	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Gosch/Horst	18	24-22, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 22 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-2
5/25/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Bronze Medal	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Heuscher/Heyer	2	23-21, 19-21, 15-13	1:15
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Heuscher/Heyer	2	14-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 24 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 1	Heuscher/Heyer	14	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	13	9-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Heuscher/Heyer	20	Henriquez/Mussa	29, Q7	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # Q4 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Horrem/Maaseide	27	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	1:05
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	8	Horrem/Maaseide	24	21-17, 21-19	0:46